This database is part of INSDC (International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration (see: wwwinsdc.org), which is composed of the National Centre of Biotechnology Information (NCBI) in the United States, the DNA Database of Japan (DDBJ) and EBI.
UniProt is the central hub for the collection of functional information on proteins, with accurate, consistent, and rich annotation, derived from direct submissions and translations from the INSDC databases.